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Shanghai Community International Schools
Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2011 8:19 am
by overseasvet2
These schools have so many openings for Upper School teachers it begs the question, "Is there anything going on that we should all know about?" Is it just because there is more than one campus?
Just curious...
Combination of reasons
Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2011 3:08 pm
by PsyGuy
Its a combination of reasons:
1) They are expanding (or they want to represent that they are expanding).
2) They have seperate facilities and campuses, and the logistics of moving teachers physically across building is prohibitive, even if they have to build redundancy.
3) They are a transition school. Teachers come in to do their 2 years, build their IB experience and then move when they are around 5 years, to where they really want to go. Usually a teacher starts out in a second tier school somewhere in asia, then moves on to a first tier school and then moves on to Japan/Europe.
4) Its not a bad school, its just an expensive city to live in ever since the financial focus in the region has shifted from Hong Kong to Shanghai, and its still very chinese, its not the westernization you see in HK. In some ways Shanghai resembles Singapore a lot, there isnt a whole lot to do outside shopping, eating, and drinking.